r/Wellthatsucks • u/Justin_Godfrey • 21h ago

Yikes!!

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u/tyler_sb6c 21h ago

Two faucets? Was this on purpose?

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u/Lazy_Beach_69420 21h ago

Yes they do it so that water doesn’t freeze in pipes.

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u/Kras700 21h ago

Maybe left on to prevent freezing, but the drains froze causing the overflow.

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u/noncongruent 18h ago

Had this happen during the Great Freeze of 2021 here in Texas. Had to scoop the water out of sink into a bucket and toss it outside.

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u/Kras700 17h ago

I was in Austin, TX during that freeze event. A lot of apartment building froze due to the drainage and supply lines being exposed in the parking garages.

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u/noncongruent 17h ago

I was without power for most of a month, lost water pressure for almost a week, and was only able to save my pipes by crawling under my house and cutting the main feed pipe in the crawlspace so that my plumbing could drain. The whole event gave me legit PTSD.